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Artist CV:

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  • 2025:

  • Detroit DNA partnership with UMDC by Detroit Artists Market 

  • 2024:

  • Art for gifts Chloë Monroe Gallery Detroit MI.

  • 5th Annual Gift of Art Irwin House Gallery Detroit MI. 

  • Auctioneer Detroit Fine arts Breakfast ClubxGallerieCamille

  • Panelist Detroit Fine arts Breakfast ClubxGallerieCamille

  • Wendy Jackson Private Collection 

  • Lana Everhart Private Collection 

  • Derrick Wilson Private Collection

  • Euphoric Expressions feature artist The Lyric Theater Lexington KY.

  • Featured educator 2024 Partner Solutions advertisement.

  • Hot DAM! the Detroit Artists Market Annual: Detroit Artist Market Detroit MI.

  • Auctioneer:Tau Kappa Kappa inaugural art auction.

  • 2023:

  • Visual Art Instructor Old Redford Academy MS

  • Torch of Wisdom Foundation/Detroit Fine Arts Breakfast Club 2023 auction

  • Art Exhibition Centric Place Farmington-hills, MI.

  • Ypsi First Fridays featured artist: Betty Green Salon Ypsilanti, MI.

  • Oak Grove A.M.E. Juneteenth Art Bizarre Detroit, MI.

  • A Black Boy Art Exhibit City Hall Artist Loft Dearborn, MI.

  • 39th Annual Art Auction Benefit Detroit Deltas Detroit, MI.

  • Limited Edition Shoe Design Artist: Homage 2 Black Excellence and Al Wissam Partnership 

  • Demien De Yonte Private Collection 

  • Connected To All Environment+People+Community Beacon Park Detroit, MI

  • Harper Galleries of Art Grand Living Room Collection Detroit, MI.

  • Homage2be.org r-e-d-i-art-exhibits virtual-black-arts-space

  • Spring Salon Detroit Contemporary Detroit, MI.

  • Hatch 17 Hatch Art: Gallery and Studios Hamtramck, MI/ Promotional Artist 

  • "Gilda Snowden Memorial Exhibition" Scarab Club Detroit, MI. 

  • Moussa Camara Private Collection

  • Chelsea Bailey Private Collection

  • "Mcgee: Urban Synthesis" Design Studio 6 Detroit, MI.

  • Sabrina Anthony Private Collection

  • Relentless Pursuit Creative Director 

  • 2022:

  • Jovon Campbell Private Collection

  • “Grateful Creativity.”  The Congregation Detroit Detroit, MI.

  • "The World We Need." Swords into Plowshares Gallery Detroit, MI.

  • Diversia 28th - UN Calendar

  • "Detroit Fine Arts Breakfast Club Exhibit" Detroit Historical Society  Detroit, MI.

  • "Carr Center 3oth Anniversary Homecoming" Carr Center Detroit, MI.

  • "Building Community, Building Power: Art as Resistance." Swords into Plowshares Gallery Detroit, MI.

  • "Months of Reflection Juneteenth" Village Arts Factory Canton, MI.

  • Kadejah Johnson Baylor Private Collection.

  • "Connected To All" DFABC Beacon Park Detroit MI.

  • Hatchback 16  Hatch Art: Gallery and Studios Hamtramck, MI.

  • Seneca Holden Private Collection Lawrenceburg, KY

  • Frankie Brooks Private Collection Harper Woods, MI

  • Gilda Snownden Memorial Exhibition Honorable Mention Scarab Club Detroit, MI.

  • City of Westland and Gallery MLK Exhibition West Land, MI.

  • Kimberley Reed Thompson Private Collection.

  • 2018:

  • Logo Artist "What Happened To The World" Howie Bell

  • "Black Identity Redefining The Black Body" Carr Center Detroit, MI.

  • 2017:

  • Steven Jacobs Private Collection

  • David Alexander Private Collection

  • Great Art- Great Park Fine Art Auction & Juried Show Detroit, MI.

  • Golden Brush Mural Artist Enjoy Detroit Detroit, MI.

  • Curator William Mandela Matthews Fine Arts Gallery Detroit, MI.

  • Owner and CEO ArtIsLife LLC Detroit, MI.

  • 8325 Association Private Collection Detroit, MI.

  • Oak Grove A.M.E. Church Private Collection Detroit, MI. 

  • 2016:

  • The Upstairs Gallery Detroit, MI.

  • Seven Stitches Public Collection Lafayette, LA.

  • Andrew's Funeral Home Private Collection Detroit, MI.

  • Mario Morrow Private Collection.

  • Brannon Brice Private Collection.

  • A-Sounds Live Painting Exhibition Chicago, IL.

  • Robert Page Private Collection.

  • Detroit Alumnae Chapter Delta Sigma Theta Jabberwock Youth Art Judge Detroit, MI.

  • 2015:

  • Art Auction-Delta Sigma Theta Sorority, Inc.-Detroit Alumnae Chapter -Detroit, MI.

  • William Matthews Art Exhibit-Sherwood Forest Art Gallery-Detroit, MI.

  • 2014:

  • Member of Detroit Fine Arts Breakfast Club

  • William Matthews Art Exhibit-Sherwood Forest Art Gallery-Detroit, MI.

  • Kym Watkins Private Collection

  • B.A. Fine Arts Cum Laude Kentucky State University Frankfort, KY.

  • Kentucky State University Public Collection Frankfort, KY.

  • "The Mad Artist" Solo exhibition Kentucky State University Frankfort, KY.

  • Cover Artist "Kentucky Rivers" Magazine Frankfort, KY.

  • 2013:

  • Art Auction-Delta Sigma Theta Sorority, Inc.-Detroit Alumnae Chapter -Detroit, MI.

  • William Matthews Art Exhibit-Sherwood Forest Art Gallery-Detroit, MI.

  • Kym Watkins Private Collection.

  • 2012:

  • Art Auction-Delta Sigma Theta Sorority, Inc.-Detroit Alumnae Chapter -Detroit, MI.

  • William Matthews Art Exhibit-Sherwood Forest Art Gallery-Detroit, MI.

  • Kym Watkins Private Collection.

  • Kentucky State University Student Art Exhibition  Frankfort, KY.

  • 2011:

  • Art Auction-Delta Sigma Theta Sorority, Inc.-Detroit Alumnae Chapter -Detroit, MI.

  • William Matthews Art Exhibit-Sherwood Forest Art Gallery-Detroit, MI.

  • Kym Watkins Private Collection.

  • 2010:

  • Anthony Thompson JR Private Collection.

  • William Matthews Art Exhibit-Sherwood Forest Art Gallery-Detroit, MI.

  • Art Auction-Delta Sigma Theta Sorority, Inc.-Detroit Alumnae Chapter -Detroit,MI.

  • 2009:

  • Art Auction-Delta Sigma Theta Sorority, Inc.-Detroit Alumnae Chapter -Detroit, MI.

  • Anthony Thompson SR. Private Collection.

  • 2008:

  • Spirit of Detroit Award

  • Lillian Pierce Benbow Art Scholarship-Detroit Alumnae Chapter Delta Sigma Theta Sorority, Inc.-Detroit, MI.

  • James Tatum Foundation Art Scholarship-Detroit, MI.

  • Michigan Conference A.M.E. Church Lay Organization-Art Scholarship-Detroit, MI.

  • Arts League of Michigan -Detroit, MI.

  • The Arbor Art Fair-Ann Arbor, MI.

  • 2007: 

  • Arts League of Michigan -Detroit, MI.

  • The Arbor Art Fair-Ann Arbor, MI.

  • “Chase the Dream” Scholarship Recipient: Birmingham/Bloomfield Art Center. (BBAC).-Birmingham, MI

  • BBAC Student Art Exhibit.-Birmingham, MI.

  • Detroit Public Schools-Evening of Fine Arts Exhibit-Fox Theater Detroit, MI.

  • 2006: 

  • Detroit Public Schools Community Art Exhibit: Fisher Theater Detroit, MI.       

William Mandela Matthews CEO    ArtIsLife LLC est 2017 

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